Will Heaven ever be boring?

Many people think Heaven will be boring in a major way. It’s too bad, but some Christians also feel that way. People sometimes make fun of Heaven. They say, “I’d rather be having a good time in Hell than be bored in Heaven.” Some imagine Hell as a place where they’ll hang around, shoot pool, and joke with friends (like in Disney’s Pinocchio). That is so wrong. You could hang around with friends and play and joke with them in Heaven, but not in Hell. (Remember, Satan’s a liar, and some of his favorite lies are about Heaven and Hell.)

The fact is, Hell is a place where everyone is lonely and miserable, where friendship and good times don’t exist. Hell will be deadly boring. Everything good, enjoyable, refreshing, fascinating, and exciting comes from God. Without God—and all the good things that come from him—there’s nothing interesting to do. King David wrote, “You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever” (Psalm 16:11). Just as without God there is no joy, so in God’s presence there’s nothing but joy.

“Won’t it be boring to be good all the time?” someone asked. This guy believed that being bad is exciting and being good is boring. But that’s just a big lie. (Don’t fall for it, okay?) Doing wrong things doesn’t make life interesting; it makes life complicated. Sin doesn’t create adventure; it creates emptiness. You may have guessed by now that my favorite book series is The Chronicles of Narnia. If you haven’t read these books, I really encourage you to. Aslan the lion is the king of the fictional land Narnia just as Jesus is King of kings in the real Kingdom of Heaven. So here’s my question: can you imagine Aslan ever being boring? Can you imagine anyone hanging out with Aslan who isn’t totally excited to be with him?

The stories tell us “Aslan is not a tame lion.” He isn’t under anybody’s control. Like Aslan, the real Jesus is creative, fascinating, and anything but boring. You can be sure we will always wonder what more he has waiting for us. As our leader forever, he has plans that will just blow us away! I think Heaven is going to be full of great surprises and astonishing new adventures as we learn more about God and enjoy his wonders in a new universe.

Since Heaven is God’s home, made by him, it will be awesome, satisfying, and interesting, just like God is. Once we’re in Heaven, we’ll think we were pretty dumb not to have looked forward to it more than we did. And we’ll know without a doubt that there’s no place we would rather be than with our Creator, God, who is powerful but who also loves us and really wants us to be there with him!